Scrum Master, Financial Services

North  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Scrum Master, Agile, Financial Services.

One of the leading IT services and consulting companies worldwide, Capgemini operates in 44 countries, with over 130,000 people across the globe and 2013 revenues of over 13 billion Euros.

Capgemini Financial Services is looking for an experienced Scrum Master to join our team, working onsite with a key banking client.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Enforcing Agile/Scrum processes and methodology and leveraging Agile techniques as a Scrum Master for the programme
  • Guiding the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and ensuring members of the development team work according to Scrum rules
  • Planning the work of the Scrum Teams following Sprint Planning events and user story sizing
  • Facilitating Scrum events across geographically distributed teams
  • Advising and mentoring team members in the Agile approach and how to apply it and ensuring that the self organising and cross-functional structure of the team works efficiently
  • Facilitating discussions, decision making and conflict resolution
  • Applying backlog tracking, burn-down & other reporting metrics, velocity and task management
  • Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency and dissipating information
  • Regularly assessing the Agile and Scrum Maturity of the teams and programme and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and programme
  • Clearly communicating project vision, goals, and Product Backlog items to the Scrum Team
  • Understanding long-term product planning in an empirical environment

Required Skills

  • Experience performing the Agile Delivery Lead role, applying Agile/Scrum principles, practices and theory.
  • Good skills and knowledge of leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
  • Knowledge and experience with successful Agile techniques: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Automated Testing
  • Excellent organiser, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority
  • Communication skills need to be advanced and evident in recent assignments
  • Ability to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
  • Experience working within Agile Software Delivery environments and familiarity with tools that enable the rapid definition, design, build, integration and test of fully working code
  • An active interest in developing the skills of others
  • Professional Scrum Master (PSMI) certification is desirable

Apply now for immediate consideration.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
6 months +
(extension possible)
From
Capgemini Financial Services UK Ltd
Published at
04.08.2015
Project ID:
958935
Contract type
Freelance
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